Carabidae image gallery
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Anthiinae taxon page (11 photos)
Anthia (Anthia) sexguttata (Fabricius, 1775)
Female adult
India, Tiruvannamalai, Arcot, D. Tamil Nadu state, 10.9.1997 T.R.S. Nathan leg. (cAA) 46 mm; det. Anichtchenko A. 2009
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Anthia (Anthia) sexguttata (Fabricius, 1775)
Unsexed
South India : Courtallam, vii.1974, 55mm, Coll. N. Mal
Copyright © Noël Mal
Helluodes taprobanae Westwood, 1847
Female adult
Sri Lanka, Kandy, 1.1.1990, leg. Rautenstrauch. det. A. Anichtchenko, 2017. (Collection R. Sciaky) 17mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Physocrotaphus ceylonicus Parry, 1849 Lectotype
Male adult
(MNHN). Image from Sabu, Abhitha & Zhao, 2008
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Omphra hirta (Fabricius, 1801)
Male adult
S India, Kerala, Trivandrum Dt., Poonmudi mg., 3000 ft, 5.1989 (cAA)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
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Brachininae taxon page (15 photos)
Mastax histrio (Fabricius, 1801)
Male adult
N INDIA, Uttarakhand, 22-23.04.2012, 8 km NW Jaspur, lake shore, 29°21'10.54", 78°48' 30.99", Anichtchenko A. leg. & det.
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Pheropsophus (Stenaptinus) catoirei (Dejean, 1825)
Male adult
N India, Uttarakhand, left side of Kosi riv., 5 km N Ramnagar, N29*432 E79*140, 7-11.06.2011 Anichtchenko A. leg. & det.
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Carabinae taxon page (1 photos)

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Cicindelinae taxon page (77 photos)
Neocollyris (Orthocollyris) crassicornis (Dejean, 1825)
Male adult
N India, Uttarakhand, left side of Kosi riv., 5 km N Ramnagar, N29*432 E79*140, 7-11.06.2011 Anichtchenko A. leg.<br /> det. J. Wiesner 2011
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Cicindela (Calochroa) bicolor haemorrhoidalis (Wiedemann, 1823)
Male adult
India, New Dehli, Central Ridge reserve forest, 25-26.06.2011, Anichtchenko A. leg. & det.
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Derocrania (Neoderocrania) honorei Fleutiaux, 1893
Male adult
Ceylon (MPGU)
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Cylindera (Oligoma) paradoxa (W.Horn, 1892)
Female adult
Sri Lanka, Kitugala, 20.02 1997 P. Udovichenko leg.
det. A. Matalin 1997
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Cicindela (Ancylia) diversa W.Horn, 1904
Female adult
Indonesia. Image from: Mal, N., Drumont, A., Kerkhof, S. & P. Grootaert, 2012. Pictorial beetle collection of the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences. det. J. Wiesner, 2018
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Hypaetha biramosa (Fabricius, 1781)
Female adult
India, Karnataka, Karwar beach, 18-18.IV.2013, Anichtchenko A. leg. & det.
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Neocollyris (Orthocollyris) crassicornis crassicornis
Male adult
S India, Pudukkottai (JWGC). det. J. Wiesner
Copyright © Peter Schüle
Cicindela (Ancylia) calligramma Schaum, 1861
Female adult
India, 10.2004, Tiruchchirappalli distr, Pudukkottai 16 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Derocrania (Derocrania) halyi (W.Horn, 1900)
Male adult
Sri Lanka, Sinharaja, 25.x.1983. det. Naviaux. Image by Frédéric Durand. Retrieved from http://www.shnao.eu
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Derocrania (Derocrania) schaumi W.Horn, 1892
Male adult
Sri Lanka. det. Naviaux. Image by Frédéric Durand. Retrieved from http://www.shnao.eu
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Derocrania (Derocrania) scitiscabra (Walker, 1859)
Male adult
Sri Lanka, Sinharaja sud, 17.vi.1999. det. Naviaux. Image by Frédéric Durand. Retrieved from http://www.shnao.eu
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Myriochila (Myriochila) distinguenda (Dejean, 1825)
Male adult
India, Meghalaya, Sohra area, env. Tyrne, upper jungle 25.236*N 91.683*E, 700-800m, 18-21.XII.2013, leg. K. Tomkovich.; det. Anichtchenko A., 2019 10 mm
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Dryptinae taxon page (10 photos)
Zuphium olens (P.Rossi, 1790)
Male adult
Volgograd Reg., Pallas Distr., Elton Vill., on UV-light 27-30.VI.2006 K.Makarov leg.
L=8.7 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Drypta (Deserida) lineola philippinensis Chaudoir, 1877
Male adult
Mindanao, Karilongan Mt., 850m 16-17.v.2023, Anichtchenko A. leg & det.
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Harpalinae taxon page (25 photos)
Platymetopus flavilabris (Fabricius, 1798)
Male adult
Collection ground Higashisonogi cho, NagasakiPref. 35330
(C) Working Group for Biological Indicator Ground Beetles Database, Japan
Prohibited secondary use of all data
Copyright © Katsuro Yahiro
Pseudognathaphanus punctilabris (W.S. MacLeay, 1825)
Female adult
13,8 mm. Thailand, Prov. Phang Nga, Khao Lak, Khao Lak Beach, at light, leg. U.Schmidt, 29.IV.2015; det. M.Baehr, 2015. Photo: U.Schmidt, 2016
Copyright © Udo Schmidt
Pseudognathaphanus exaratus (Bates, 1892)
Female adult
Burma, Sud-Ost Dawna, 25.VI.1991. det. B. Kataev, 2010 10,5 mm
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Meroctenus (Meroctenus) mediocris (Andrewes, 1936) Lectotype
Male adult
Scale bar 5 mm
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Acupalpus (Stenolophidius) andrewesi Jaeger, 2013
Male adult
India, Karnataka, KerwaDi, 14.52.49N 74.15.52E, lake, 18-19.4.2013, Anichtchenko A. leg. (cAA) det. Jaeger
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Platymetopus figuratus pictus Andrewes, 1923
Unsexed
India, Rajastan. Image from Kataev, 2023
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Oosoma semivittatum (Fabricius, 1798)
Unsexed
Sri Lanka, Trincomalee District, China Bay
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Batoscelis oblongus (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
India, Karnataka, Kerwadi, 14.52.49N 74.15.52E, lake, 18-19.4.2013, Anichtchenko A. leg. & det. (cAA). 6 mm
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Trichotichnus (Lampetes) cf lucens (Bates, 1889)
Male adult
Philippines, Mindanao, lake Holon, leg. Anichtchenko A. (cAA). 7.3 mm; det. B. Kataev, 2025
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Lebiinae taxon page (129 photos)
Endynomena pradieri (Fairmaire, 1849)
Male adult
CHINA, Fujian, Jinmen, Gugang;
1995.VII.19; Chen C.C. coll.
photo & det. H.L. Shi, 2009
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Miscelus unicolor Putzeys, 1846
Male adult
Length: 12 mm
Indonesia, Molukken, Bacan, Labuha
leg. A.Skale, 2006; det. M.Baehr
Foto: U.Schmidt, 2007
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Perigona (Trechicus) nigriceps (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
Canada
Copyright Henri Goulet, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada
Copyright © Henri Goulet
Physodera eschscholtzii Parry, 1849
Male adult
Laos, Khammouang Prov., Ban Khounkham (Nahin), 18o13'N 194o31'E h~200 m, 16-17.IV.2005 ltg. O.Gorbunov, A.Zamesov
L=11.0 mm
Copyright © Kirill Makarov
Somotrichus unifasciatus (Dejean, 1831)
Male adult
Schitomir, B. Sokanovsky leg.
photo & det. Anichtchenko A. 2010
coll. Zoological Museum of Moscow
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Mimocolliuris (Mimocolliuris) chaudoiri Boheman, 1858: 2
Male adult
Vietnam, Cuc phuong, Ninh binh 3-10.V.1966
photo Anichtchenko A.
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Celaenephes parallelus Schmidt-Gobel, 1846 (as Fukuchina sanadai Habu, 1960) Holotype
Female adult
Mt. Fukuchi, FUKUOKA, 07. VIII. 1956, K. Sanada
Deposited in: National Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences (NIAES), Tsukuba. COL-170
(http://www.niaes.affrc.go.jp/inventory/insect/dbcarabidae/carabidaetop.html)
NIAES © Prohibited secondary use of all data
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Archicolliuris bimaculata bimaculata (L. Redtenbacher, 1844)
Male adult
N India, Uttarakhand, left side of Kosi riv., 5 km N Ramnagar, N29*432 E79*140, 19-23.06.2011 Anichtchenko A. leg. & det.
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Miscelus javanus Klug, 1834
Male adult
Indonesia, Sumatra, Aceh prov., Kedambe, 400m, 03*40'48N 97*39'40E, 16.01.2011, R. Cibulskis leg.
Anichtchenko A. det.
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Mochtherus tetraspilotus (W.S.Macleay, 1825)
Female adult
India, Uttarakhand, left side of Kosi riv., 5 km N Ramnagar, N29*432' E79*140', 19-23.06.2011 Anichtchenko A. leg. & det.
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Lionychus (Lionychus) horni Dupuis, 1913
Male adult
SE India, Madras env., Manapakkam, 20.05-14.06.1998
det. Anichtchenko A. 2013
2.5 mm
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Cyclosomus flexuosus (Fabricius, 1775)
Male adult
INDIA, Uttarakhand, 23-26.04.2012, 5 km N Ramnagar, valley of Kosi riv., N29°25' 56.50", E79°8' 21.40" Anichtchenko A. leg.; det. D. Fedorenko, 2015
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Celaenephes linearis (Walker, 1858)
Male adult
Malaysia, Johor, Endau-Rompin, Selendang, 1-4.4.87; 8mm; det. D. Fedorenko, 2015
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Dasiosoma ariandae Anichtchenko, 2015
Male adult
South India, Western Ghats , Karnataka, env. Madikeri, forest , 21.XI.2003 1052m. | N12*29’15" E75*41’58". leg. S. Saluk
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Gnopheroides maculatus (Kirschenhofer, 1999)
Female adult
Peradenyia, Ceylon, 1907 5 IV, O. John. (ZISP)
Copyright © Dmitri Fedorenko
Eucolliuris fuscipennis (Chaudoir, 1850)
Male adult
Thailand, Pattani distr., Sai Buri vill., IV.1993
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Platytarus boysii (Chaudoir, 1850)
Male adult
Laos, 35 km NE Vientiane, Lao Pako, 31.V-4.VI.2004. det. A. Anichtchenko
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Perigona (Trechicus) nigriceps (Dejean, 1831)
Female adult
Belarus, Brest reg.
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Tetragonoderus (Tetragonoderus) notaphioides Motschulsky, 1861
Female adult
India, Orissa, Kanarak 2km tow Puri, 11-13.2.2006 (cAA). det. A. Anichtchenko, 2022
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Lachnothorax biguttatus Motschulsky, 1862
Male adult
S Vietnam, 120km NNE Ho Chi Minh, Cat Tien env., 5-10.6.1995 (cAA)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Tetragonoderus (Cyclicus) fimbriatus Bates, 1886
Male adult
India, Karnataka, Karwar beach, 14.50.15N 74.7.33E, 17-18.4.2013, Anichtchenko A. leg & det (cAA). 6 mm
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Archicolliuris immaculata (Liebke, 1938)
Male adult
Sri Lanka, Dambulla, 25.XI.1984 (cAA). det. Anichtchenko A. 2023
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Calleida (Callidiola) splendidula (Fabricius, 1801) f. typ.
Male adult
Philippines Mindanao, Bukidnon, Kalatungan 6.2014 (cAA). 8 mm; det. Anichtchenko A. 2024
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Calleida (Callidiola) splendidula (Fabricius, 1801) f. rubricata Motschulsky, 1864
Male adult
Philippines, N Luzon, Benquet, 12.2013 (DUBC)
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Anaulacus (Aephnidius) adelioides W.S.MacLeay, 1825
Female adult
Philippines, Mindanao, S Cotobato, Lake Holon, 5-10.10.2019, Anichtchenko A. leg & det. (cAA)
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Syntomus quadripunctatus (Schmidt-Goebel, 1846)
Male adult
“L.J. Toxopeus / Buru, Station 9 / 26.IV-1.VI.21 // H.E. Andrewes Coll / B.M.1945-97 // NHMUK 013884947” (BMNH).
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Licininae taxon page (42 photos)
Chlaenius (Amblygenius) pretiosus Chaudoir, 1856
Male adult
India, Uttar Pradesh, Jhansi distr., Babina
950ft., VIII.1984
male, 15 mm
photo & coll. Anichtchenko A.
det. Kirschenhofer 2009
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Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) circumdatus Brulle, 1835
Male adult
China, Shichuan pro., 2007, Bi W.X. coll.;
photo by Bi Wenxuan
det. by liuye
Copyright © Bi W.X.
Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) punctatostriatus Chaudoir, 1856: 244
Male adult
China, Yunnan pro., Gaoligongshan
photo by liuye
det. by Liang H.B.
Copyright © Ye Liu
Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) rugulosus Nietner, 1857
Female adult
China, Yunnan, Hekou, Jinshahe, 22°53'23.7" 103°52'00.7" ,176m,2003.12.19, Liang Hongbin & Kataev coll.
det. by Yu
photo by liuye
Copyright © Ye Liu
Chlaenius (Epomis) nigricans Wiedemann, 1821: 110
Male adult
China, Jiangxi pro., 1975.5.16, Zhang Y.W. coll.;
photo & det. by liuye
Copyright © Ye Liu
Hololeius ceylanicus Nietner, 1856
Male adult
China, Yunnan pro., Jinhong
det & photo by liuye
Copyright © Ye Liu
Chlaenius (Pachydinodes) hamifer Chaudoir, 1856
Male adult
China, Guangxi pro., Rong'an, Dajiang, 2009.10.25, Liu ye & Shi Hongliang coll.
det & photo by liuye
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Chlaenius (Chlaenius) scapularis Chaudoir, 1876
Female adult
12,7 mm
Indien, Süd-Goa, Canacona, Raj Baga Beach
leg. U.Schmidt, 2010; det. M.Hartmann, 2011
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2011
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Harpaglossus opacus (Chaudoir, 1856)
Male adult
India, Uttar Pradesh, Jhansi, Babina, 950ft, VIII.1984. det. A. Anichtchenko
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Chlaenius (Chlaeniostenus) pulcher Nietner, 1857
Female adult
India, Karnataka, KerwaDi, lake, 18-19.IV.2013, Anichtchenko A. leg.; det. Kirschenhofer, 2015
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Diplocheila (Diplocheila) polita (Fabricius, 1792)
Male adult
India, Uttar Pradesh, Jhansi distr, Babina 950ft (cAA) 17 mm
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Diplocheila (Isorembus) daldorfi (Crotch, 1871)
Female adult
India, Andhra Pradesh, Kavali, on light, 3-5.3.2014 (cAA) 23 mm; det. Anichtchenko A. 2021
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko - Melaeninae taxon page (1 photos)
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Orthogoniinae taxon page (10 photos)

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Panagaeinae taxon page (7 photos)
Peronomerus fumatus Schaum, 1854: 440
Male adult
S Primorye Territory, Yakovlevka Distr., 1 km S Beltsovo Vill., Arsenjevka R. floodplain, h~120 m, 44°48’57”N 133°34’11”E, 21.V.2024, K. Makarov leg. L=8.2 mm
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Paussinae taxon page (14 photos)
Melanospilus andrewesi Desneux, 1905
Male adult
Ceylon<br /> det. Anichtchenko A.
Copyright © Stanislav Krejcik
Itamus castaneus Schmidt-Goebel, 1846
Male adult
Thailand, Nakhon Prov., Ratchasima (Korat), Wat Soeng Sang, near Non Sambun Village, 260 m asl, 14°16,5' N, 102°23,3' E, 4.08.2009, V.K. Zinchenko leg
D. Fedorenko det. 2011
Copyright © Roman Dudko - Platyninae taxon page (8 photos)
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Pterostichinae taxon page (13 photos)
Caelostomus (Caelostomus) picipes (W.S.Macleay, 1825)
Male adult
India, Uttarakhand, 10 km NNE of Ramnagar, gorge of left trib. of Kosi River, 400-450 m,
29°29' N, 79°09,5' E, 19-20.04.2012, R. Dudko, I. Lyubechanskii
det. R. Dudko 2012
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Chlaeminus (Chlaeminus) biguttatus Motschulsky, 1865
Female adult
India, Karnataka, KerwaDi, N14*52'49.5" E74*15'52.7", lake, 18-19.IV.2013, Anichtchenko A leg. & det.; 6mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Aristopus picturatus (Andrewes, 1920)
Female adult
Sri Lanka, Anuradhapura env., Amaya Lake Hotel, at light, 16.X.2009
Copyright © Dmitri Fedorenko
Brachidius crassicornis Chaudoir, 1852
Male adult
Philippines, Mindanao, Araibo, / Pantukan, Campostela Valley, / 900m, Candalaga Mts./ 7°16’35.3N 128°10’12.8E, / 4.5.2019, A. Anichtchenko leg & det (DUBC)
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Brachidius crassicornis Chaudoir, 1852
Female adult
Philippines, Mindanao, Mt. Karilongan, 16-17.5.2023, Anichtchenko A. leg & det. (cAA)
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Scaritinae taxon page (9 photos)
Coryza maculata (Nietner, 1856)
Male adult
N India, Uttarakhand, left side of Kosi riv., 5 km N Ramnagar, N29*432 E79*140, 19-23.06.2011. A. Anichtchenko leg.
det. P. Bulirsch 2012
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Clivina (Leucocara) tranquebarica Bonelli, 1813
Female adult
Size: 6,1 mm
Location: India, South Goa, Distr. Canacona, Raj Baga Beach
leg. U.Schmidt, 16.-29.XI.2010; det. P.Bulirsch, 2011
Photo: U.Schmidt, 2013
Copyright © Udo Schmidt
Trilophidius impunctatus (Putzeys, 1868)
Male adult
S Viet-Nam, 120km NNE Ho Chi Minh, env. Cat Tien, 5-10.VI.1995, leg. A. Napolov. det. K. Makarov 1997; 2 mm
Copyright © Alexander Anichtchenko
Oxylobus lateralis (Dejean, 1825)
Male adult
India. det. P. Bulirsch
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Clivina (Leucocara) obenbergeri Kult, 1951
Male adult
India, Anichtchenko A. leg. det. P. Bulirsch 2017
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Clypeuspinus validus (Andrewes, 1936) Holotype
Female adult
Battaramulla W.P. Ceylon 7-V-30 (BMNH)
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Clivina (Dacca) ursulae Balkenohl, 2020 Holotype
Male adult
Sri Lanka, S Rekawa E of Tangalle, 4mNN 6°03'43''N 80°52'21''E, local collector lg., 05.01.2018 (MBCB)
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Trechinae taxon page (13 photos)
Tachyura (Amaurotachys) notaphoida (Bates, 1886)
Male adult
India, Uttarakhand, 5 km NNE of Ramnagar, valley of Kosi River, 400-420 m, 29°26' N, 79°08,5' E, 21.04.2012, R. Dudko, I. Lyubechanskii
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Anomotachys acaroides (Motschulsky, 1859)
Female adult
Creative Commons CC-BY 3.0
Copyright © David Maddison
Eotachys (Jeannelys) euryodes (Bates, 1892)
Unsexed
Thailand, Prov. Phang Nga, Khao Lak, Similana Resort leg. U.Schmidt, 14.XI.2007; det. M.Baehr, 2008; Photo: U.Schmidt, 2021
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